Amazon has agreed to pay what the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has called a "historic" $2.5 billion settlement after being accused of shady practices toward customers and their Prime subscriptions.

The FTC accused Amazon of using "deceptive methods" to register millions of customers for paid Prime subscriptions.

Amazon did not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement. Amazon has agreed to a $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that it knowingly trapped customers into paying ...

Amazon has agreed to pay what the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has called a "historic" $2.5 billion settlement after it was accused of manipulating customers into getting and keeping Prime ...

Up to $1.5 billion of a $2.5 billion FTC settlement will be used for $51 consumer refunds. The first round will be sent ...

Amazon has agreed to pay a historic $2.5 billion to settle a landmark case over its Prime membership program. The U.S. government had alleged the company's web designs manipulated tens of millions of ...

Amazon used to run a Newsstand, for well over a decade. This was a way that users could purchase a digital subscription to some of the worlds leading publications, in addition to smaller and more ...

Amazon has agreed to a $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that it knowingly trapped customers into paying for Prime subscriptions, the agency announced Thursday.